Like others mention, while you might not be on the hook for huge hospital bills there are other parts of the safety net that are more or less denied to you.
Myself I ran into "problems" when it came to parental leave, parents in Sweden usually gets a combined 480 days of parental leave, of which about 360 are at 80% of your income levels.
Problem is that if you (like me) plan on bootstrapping something then you're not taking out salary during that period, so even if you paid a lot of money in taxes the year before you still get marked down as a zero-earner if you plan to take time off with your kids.
Luckily the Swedish govt realized that this hurts things in the long term so they actually relaxed the rules in this area so you can retain your previous income levels for 3 years if you want to take advantage of parental leave.
(Not entirely sure if they fixed this if you get sick though, regular employees that get sick can retain most of their income for a while but not entirely sure if these 3 years startup grace period applies when getting sick)
Myself I ran into "problems" when it came to parental leave, parents in Sweden usually gets a combined 480 days of parental leave, of which about 360 are at 80% of your income levels.
Problem is that if you (like me) plan on bootstrapping something then you're not taking out salary during that period, so even if you paid a lot of money in taxes the year before you still get marked down as a zero-earner if you plan to take time off with your kids.
Luckily the Swedish govt realized that this hurts things in the long term so they actually relaxed the rules in this area so you can retain your previous income levels for 3 years if you want to take advantage of parental leave.
(Not entirely sure if they fixed this if you get sick though, regular employees that get sick can retain most of their income for a while but not entirely sure if these 3 years startup grace period applies when getting sick)